. Blossom hosts and insect guests; how the heath family, the bluets, the figworts, the orchids and similar wild flowers welcome the bee, the fly, the wasp, the moth and other faithful insects. Fertilization of plants. The Blazing-Star AND Other Lilies. We have seen how in some flowers self-fertiHzation is pre- vented by the stigmas and an- ^ thers maturing at different pe- riods, as in the tigwort and arum ; in others, as in the iris, millvweed, and many compositae, by mere mechanical means, and in the bluets by the ^ production of two forms of flowers. A pretty illustration of the method whic
. Blossom hosts and insect guests; how the heath family, the bluets, the figworts, the orchids and similar wild flowers welcome the bee, the fly, the wasp, the moth and other faithful insects. Fertilization of plants. The Blazing-Star AND Other Lilies. We have seen how in some flowers self-fertiHzation is pre- vented by the stigmas and an- ^ thers maturing at different pe- riods, as in the tigwort and arum ; in others, as in the iris, millvweed, and many compositae, by mere mechanical means, and in the bluets by the ^ production of two forms of flowers. A pretty illustration of the method which places the stigmatic flowers in dift'erent blossoms from the pollen-producing stamens (the method which Jack-in-the-pulpit is endeavoring to per- fect) is to be seen in the little wild flower known as the devil's-bit, Chamcclirium httciun, a true lily. 119. Please note that these images are extracted from scanned page images that may have been digitally enhanced for readability - coloration and appearance of these illustrations may not perfectly resemble the original Gibson, W. Hamilton (William Hamilton), 1850-1896; Davie, Eleanor E. New York, Newson
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